Proverbs 1:24-30

The Call of Wisdom

24 e Because I have called and f you refused to listen,
have g stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
 25 because you have h ignored all my counsel
and i would have none of my reproof,
 26 I also j will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when k terror strikes you,
 27 when terror strikes you like l a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
 28 m Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
 29 Because they c hated knowledge
and n did not choose the fear of the Lord,
 30 h would have none of my counsel
and i despised all my reproof,

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 65:12
    I will destine you to the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter, because, when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen, but you did what was evil in my eyes and chose what I did not delight in.
    Isaiah 66:4
    I also will choose harsh treatment for them and bring their fears upon them, because when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, they did not listen; but they did what was evil in my eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.
    Jeremiah 7:13
    And now, because you have done all these things, declares the Lord, and when I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and when I called you, you did not answer.
  2. Cross References
    Zechariah 7:11
    But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.
  3. Cross References
    Romans 10:21
    But of Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 107:11
    For they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 81:11
    But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.
    Luke 7:30
    But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 2:4
    He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.
  7. Cross References
    Proverbs 10:24
    What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
    Jeremiah 48:43
    Terror, pit, and snare are before you, O inhabitant of Moab! declares the Lord.
    Jeremiah 49:5
    Behold, I will bring terror upon you, declares the Lord God of hosts, from all who are around you, and you shall be driven out, every man straight before him, with none to gather the fugitives.
  8. Cross References
    Zephaniah 1:15
    A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness.
  9. Cross References
    1 Samuel 8:18
    And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.
    Job 27:9
    Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
  10. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:22
    How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
  11. Cross References
    Job 21:14
    They say to God, 'Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
  12. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:25
    Because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof.
  13. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:25
    Because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof.
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